Flick Drummond

Conservative MP for Meon Valley

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Public Control over Bus Services

There have been votes in Parliament on greater public control of bus services.

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Powers of Local Councils

There have been votes in Parliament on the extent of powers devolved to local government on a range of matters from planning to the regulation of street trading.

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Flick Drummond generally voted against more powers for local councils

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Major votes

  • On 28 Feb 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to allow local councils to run secure schools, youth custody establishments, for 16 to 19 year olds. Show vote
  • On 14 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Planning and Local Representation Show vote
  • On 13 Dec 2016: Flick Drummond voted against making the demolition or change of use of pubs or other drinking establishments subject to planning permission. Show vote
  • On 9 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted not to exempt local councils from having to require discounted starter homes on certain new developments if they provide affordable home ownership via other routes. Show vote
  • On 3 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted for central Government, rather than local councils, to determine how many starter homes to be sold to first time buyers at a discount are to be required to be provided in new residential developments. Show vote
  • On 3 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted to require local councils to charge high income social housing tenants rent at levels set by central Government. Show vote
  • On 9 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted to give local government powers to vary the restrictions on large shops opening on Sundays. Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the consent of the devolved administrations and local government before applying new regulations on trade union activity within their areas of responsibility. Show vote
  • On 14 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted in favour of allowing more devolution of powers to local councils and to enable councils to collaboratively form regional combined authorities. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 21 Feb 2022: Flick Drummond voted not require the consent of the relevant local authority, Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and, where relevant, Mayoral Combined Authority before a body is designated the employer representative body for an area and given a role in developing the local skills improvement plan which public post-16 technical education or training providers would be required to have regard to. Show vote
  • On 13 Dec 2016: Flick Drummond voted to give a Secretary of State the power to ban certain types of planning condition in England. Show vote
  • On 9 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted against giving local councils a right to retain payments in respect of vacant high value council houses to provide new social homes where they can demonstrate a need for them. Show vote
  • On 3 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the local retention of funds from selling high value council homes where there is a local need for social housing. Show vote
  • On 13 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted in favour of turning all primary and secondary schools in England to become academies, shifting control over them from local councils to central government. Show vote
  • On 21 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted to allow the creation of a combined authority to be made conditional on the authority having an elected mayor. Show vote

Standards for Imported Goods

There have been votes in Parliament on if the standards applying to imported goods should equal those applying in the United Kingdom.

Flick Drummond generally voted against requiring imported goods to meet domestic standards

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Major votes

  • On 9 Feb 2021: Flick Drummond voted to require international trade agreements to be consistent with maintaining the NHS and the UK's levels of legal protection for human, animal or plant life or health, the environment, employment and labour, data and children and vulnerable adults online. Show vote
  • On 4 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to make requiring agricultural and food imports to meet standards equivalent to domestic standards in areas including food safety, the environment and animal health an objective when negotiating international trade agreements. Show vote
  • On 12 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to require agricultural and food imports to meet or exceed relevant domestic standards. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to require imported agricultural goods to meet animal health and welfare, environmental, plant health, food safety and other standards which are at least as high as those which apply to UK produced agricultural goods. Show vote

Minor votes

Investigations into the Iraq War

A number of votes were held relating to holding investigations into the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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We don’t have enough information to calculate Flick Drummond’s position on this issue

However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

  • On 30 Nov 2016: Flick Drummond voted against an investigation into the contrast between public statements and private actions in the run up to the Iraq war. Show vote

Fuel Taxes

There have been votes in Parliament on the rates of taxation applying to fuel for motor vehicles.

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We don’t have enough information to calculate Flick Drummond’s position on this issue

However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

Publicly Owned Railways

There have been votes in Parliament on the public ownership of the railways, including on keeping the rail infrastructure public, and permitting train operating companies to be publicly-owned.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against a publicly owned railway system

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Major votes

  • On 23 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted against a proposal to allow, but not require, High Speed 2 passenger services to be run by the public sector operators. Show vote

Minor votes

Powers of the Welsh Parliament

There have been votes in Parliament on devolving powers to the Welsh Parliament/Senedd. Specific subjects of these votes have ranged from giving the Senedd the ability to raise taxes to devolving powers and responsibility relating to the provision of water in Wales.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against transferring more powers to the Senedd/Welsh Parliament

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Major votes

  • On 23 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to give devolved Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland a veto on a range of NHS Governance matters including transferring functions between health bodies. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to require the consent of relevant devolved governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland before regulations implementing international trade deals which would be within the scope of their devolved powers can be made. Show vote
  • On 24 Jan 2017: Flick Drummond voted against empowering Welsh ministers and the National Assembly for Wales to regulate the number of betting machines in licensed betting premises where the maximum charge for use is over £2, opting instead to limit devolved powers to where the maximum charge is over £10. Show vote
  • On 12 Sep 2016: Flick Drummond voted against allowing public sector bodies to operate rail services in Wales. Show vote
  • On 12 Sep 2016: Flick Drummond voted against devolving powers relating to air passenger duty to the Government of Wales and the Welsh Assembly. Show vote
  • On 11 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond voted for the Welsh Assembly being given powers over policing in Wales. Show vote
  • On 11 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond voted not to devolve powers relation to alcohol and entertainment licensing to the Welsh Assembly. Show vote
  • On 11 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Welsh Assembly the powers to set Income Tax thresholds for Welsh taxpayers. Show vote

Minor votes

Proportional Representation When Electing MPs

There have been votes in Parliament on if the system used to elect MPs to the House of Commons should change to a one where the proportion of seats won by a political party better reflects the proportion of the vote they win.

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Flick Drummond generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs

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Major votes

  • On 20 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Electoral Reform (Proportional Representation and Reduction of Voting Age) Show vote
  • On 16 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted against proposals to make the number of MPs from each party in the House of Commons more closely reflect each party's share of the national vote and against a move to fewer constituencies. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 20 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted against introducing a system of proportional representation for the election of members of the House of Commons. Show vote

Higher Taxes Specifically to Fund Health and Care

There have been votes in Parliament on a "Health and Social Care Levy", additional taxes ring-fenced for spending only on Health and Social Care.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for higher taxes specifically to fund health and social care

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Major votes

  • On 14 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a new 1.25% tax on individuals' earnings or profits to be spent on health and social care. Show vote
  • On 14 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a new 1.25% tax on individuals' earnings or profits to be spent on health and social care. Show vote
  • On 14 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a new 1.25% tax on individuals' earnings or profits to be spent on health and social care. Show vote
  • On 8 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted to raise taxes on income and profits to fund health and social care, and, prior to the new tax being levied, to temporarily raise national insurance to fund the NHS. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 29 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted to increase the Married Women’s Reduced Rate of primary Class 1 National Insurance Contributions by 1.25%, in-line with increases to other National Insurance rates which had been made to raise the Health and Social Care Levy, a ring-fenced additional tax to support UK health and social care bodies. Show vote

VAT Rate

There have been votes in Parliament on the rate at which Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged.

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We don’t have enough information to calculate Flick Drummond’s position on this issue

However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

Capital Gains Tax

There have been votes in Parliament on the level of taxation on profits arising from increases in value for assets such as property and shares.

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Right to Remain for European Union Nationals in the UK

There have been a votes in Parliament which relate to EU nationals currently living in the UK having the right to remain.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against a right to remain for EU nationals already in living in the UK

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 7 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted against automatically granting Settled Status to EU nationals residing in the UK or scrapping or extending the deadline for applying to the settlement scheme; against providing physical proof of settled status; and against devolving immigration powers to the Scottish Government. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2020: Flick Drummond voted to end the general right for nationals of European Union member states, European Economic Area states and Switzerland to enter and reside in the UK while retaining such rights for Irish citizens. Show vote
  • On 18 May 2020: Flick Drummond voted to end the general right for nationals of European Union member states, European Economic Area states and Switzerland to enter and reside in the UK while retaining such rights for Irish citizens. Show vote
  • On 7 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted against automatically, without requiring an application, assigning a right of permanent residence in the UK to EU citizens who have resided in the UK for at least five years. Show vote
  • On 7 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted against limiting the fees charged to European Union citizens and certain others registering as a citizen of the United Kingdom. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the Prime Minister to give a series of undertakings before giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted against requiring notice of the UK's withdrawal from the EU to preserve rights acquired in Northern Ireland as a result of European Union membership and against requiring the notification to preserve the right of the people of Northern Ireland determine for themselves if they prefer a union with Great Britain or a sovereign united Ireland. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted against the UK remaining a member of the European Atomic Agency Community (Euratom) when withdrawing from the European Union and against treating leaving Euratom separately from leaving the European Union. Show vote
  • On 7 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted not to make publication of an assessment of the financial liability of the UK towards the EU, and a statement on the economic impact of the UK leaving the single market, a prerequisite for the Prime Minister giving notification of the UK's intention to withdraw from the EU. Show vote
  • On 7 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted not to prevent the Prime Minister giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union if the European Council have not undertaken that if the United Kingdom Parliament doesn't agree the terms of the United Kingdom's leaving of the European Union the United Kingdom's will remain an EU member under the existing terms. Show vote
  • On 6 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted against only allowing the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union a month after the approach to, and objectives for, withdrawal negotiations have been agreed by representatives of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland administrations. Show vote
  • On 7 Dec 2016: Flick Drummond voted in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union and in favour of starting the process by 31 March 2017. Show vote
  • On 19 Oct 2016: Flick Drummond voted against EU nationals living in the UK retaining rights, including the right to live and work in the UK, should the UK leave the EU. Show vote
  • On 6 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on EU Nationals Currently Living in the UK — Right to Remain Show vote
  • On 15 Jun 2016: Flick Drummond voted to say the UK needs to stay in the EU. Show vote

Trade Union Regulation

There have been votes in Parliament on the way trade unions are regulated, including on the law related to industrial action and strike ballots.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for more restrictive regulation of trade union activity

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Major votes

  • On 29 Nov 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023 Show vote
  • On 28 Nov 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023 Show vote
  • On 28 Nov 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 Show vote
  • On 28 Nov 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Draft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels) Show vote
  • On 30 Jan 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Third Reading Show vote
  • On 11 Jul 2022: Flick Drummond voted yes on draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted to implement a tax on trade unions and employers' associations to fund their regulator, the Certification Officer. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted to empower the regulator of trade unions and employers’ associations, the Certification Officer, to impose financial penalties on the bodies it regulates for breaches of the law. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted for the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by state school teachers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted to require the support of 40% of those eligible to vote in ballots for strike action by key transport workers, including staff working on railways, airport security, air traffic control and London buses, for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted for the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by key health workers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted for the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by border security workers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted for the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by key fire service workers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 24 Jan 2017: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Industrial Action (Protection of Critical National Services) Bill Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted no on Trade Union Bill — New Clause 2 — Workplace Ballots and Ballots by Electronic Means Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require the appointment of a picket supervisor and for them to be identified to, and contactable by, the police. Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require a 50% turnout in order to make a strike ballot valid and for other aspects of increased regulation of trade union activity. Show vote
  • On 14 Sep 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require a 50% turnout in order to make a strike ballot valid and for other aspects of increased regulation of trade union activity. Show vote

University Tuition Fees

There have been votes in Parliament on tuition fees applicable to UK undergraduate students at universities in England. Subjects of specific votes have been on the subjects of introducing fees, increasing to fees, and capping fees.

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We don’t have enough information to calculate Flick Drummond’s position on this issue

However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

  • On 25 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted not to take the opportunity to oppose good or outstanding schools being forced to become an academy and not to take the opportunity to oppose further increases in university tuition fees. Show vote

Biodiversity

There have been votes in Parliament on conserving and enhancing biodiversity.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against improving biodiversity

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 20 Oct 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to only empower ministers to make regulations relating to habits if those regulations improved habitats or were securing compliance with an international environmental obligation. Show vote
  • On 26 May 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require the production of a Tree Strategy for England, including targets for fraction of the country covered by trees, new tree planting and the fraction of woodland in favourable ecological condition. Show vote

Increase the State Pension Age for Women More Slowly

There have been votes in Parliament on the speed of the increase in the state pension age for women. The increase was in pursuit of a policy of moving to the same state pension age for men and women.

We don’t have enough information to calculate Flick Drummond’s position on this issue

However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

  • On 30 Nov 2016: Flick Drummond voted no on Opposition Motion: Effect of the increase in the state pension age on women born in the 1950s Show vote

Tax Avoidance

Parliament has voted on measures, including the introduction of a general anti-abuse rule, aimed at tackling abusive tax avoidance.

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Flick Drummond voted a mixture of for and against measures to reduce tax avoidance

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Major votes

  • On 18 Apr 2017: Flick Drummond voted to raise the threshold for paying higher rate income tax, to introduce a Soft Drinks Industry Levy, to restrict the national insurance benefits of remuneration other than salary and for other changes to the tax system. Show vote
  • On 18 Apr 2017: Flick Drummond voted to raise the threshold for paying higher rate income tax, to introduce a Soft Drinks Industry Levy, to restrict the national insurance benefits of remuneration other than via salary and for other changes to the tax system. Show vote
  • On 28 Jun 2016: Flick Drummond voted against requiring multinational enterprises to publish a country by country tax strategy including information on their attitude to tax planning. Show vote
  • On 19 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority duties to combat abusive tax avoidance arrangements, including by ascertaining and recording the beneficial ownership of trusts. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 1 Jul 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to delay shifting responsibility for determining if off-payroll working rules apply from an individual’s personal service company to their client (where the client isn't a small company). Show vote
  • On 25 Feb 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to call for the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity nor for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion. Show vote
  • On 20 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted against requiring a plan to reverse the impact of austerity, tackle the climate and environmental emergency, and reshape the economy to work for everyone by clamping down on tax avoidance, tackling insecurity in work by extending full employment rights to all workers, ending in-work poverty, and introducing a real living wage. Show vote
  • On 13 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted against implementing a series of proposals intended to reduce tax avoidance and evasion. Show vote

Free Internal Market Within the United Kingdom

There have been votes in Parliament on the free movement of goods, and mutual recognition of professional qualifications, within the United Kingdom.

Flick Drummond generally voted for the free movement of goods, and mutual recognition of qualifications, within the United Kingdom

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 29 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to empower ministers to breach international agreements and other domestic law when making regulations on trade in goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and when providing state aid to agriculture in Northern Ireland under the provisions of a United Kingdom Internal Market Act. Show vote
  • On 14 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to authorise the spending of public money for a broad range of economic, cultural, sporting, educational and administrative purposes linked to the Internal Market Bill and regulations made under its provisions. Show vote

Charging Market Rent to High Earners in Council Homes

Parliament has voted on whether high earners should be required to pay a market rent for council homes.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for charging a market rent to high earners renting a council home

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Major votes

  • On 3 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted to require local councils to charge high income social housing tenants rent at levels set by central Government. Show vote
  • On 12 Jan 2016: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote
  • On 2 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote
  • On 2 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote
  • On 2 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote

Planning Law

There have been votes in Parliament on if planning laws should be relaxed or made more proscriptive.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against more proscriptive planning laws

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Major votes

  • On 14 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Planning and Local Representation Show vote
  • On 30 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted for the continuation of more relaxed planning laws, including allowing additional homes to be built on top of existing blocks of flats without planning permission. Show vote
  • On 30 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to allow adding additional stories to existing homes, or creating new homes on top of existing buildings, without planning permission. Show vote
  • On 30 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to reduce, and in some cases almost eliminate, planning regulations applying to building new homes on the sites of certain vacant old buildings. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 26 May 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require public bodies in England to act in accordance with relevant Local Nature Recovery Strategies when exercising their functions. Show vote

Air Quality

There have been votes in Parliament on targets for the levels of particulate matter in the air.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against improving air quality

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Major votes

  • On 20 Oct 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require a target for particulate matter under 2.5 micrometres in diameter in the air to be set at a level of less ten micrograms per cubic meter, to be in-line with World Health Organisation guidelines and to be met by 2030 at the latest. Show vote
  • On 20 Oct 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require interim targets for environmental matters to be met. Show vote
  • On 20 Oct 2021: Flick Drummond voted to exempt national security and defence as well as taxation and spending from those policy areas where ministers would be required to have due regard to environmental policy. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require public authorities to act in accordance with the following principles in relation to the environment: preventative action to avert damage; the precautionary principle; rectifying damage at source and "polluter pays". Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require a target for particulate matter under 2.5 micrometres in diameter in the air to be set at a level of less ten micrograms per cubic meter, to be in-line with World Health Organisation guidelines and to be met by 2030 at the latest. Show vote

European Union Integration

There have been votes in Parliament on the degree of the UK's integration with the European Union. Specific matters voted on include the UK's opt out from the European Union Police and Criminal Justice Measures and the establishment of a European Union External Action Service.

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Flick Drummond generally voted against more EU integration

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Major votes

  • On 30 Dec 2020: Flick Drummond voted in favour of cooperation with the EU and its member states on subjects including crime, transport, research and nuclear non-proliferation. Show vote
  • On 30 Dec 2020: Flick Drummond voted in favour of cooperation with the EU and its member states on subjects including crime, transport, research and nuclear non-proliferation. Show vote
  • On 9 Dec 2020: Flick Drummond voted to generally remove rights for European Economic Area citizens under the UK's immigration and benefits systems while protecting the rights of Irish citizens and those granted settled, or pre-settled, status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Show vote
  • On 25 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted for the UK's appeal courts not to be bound by decisions of the European Union Court of Justice, after the transition period associated with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the union. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2020: Flick Drummond voted to end the general right for nationals of European Union member states, European Economic Area states and Switzerland to enter and reside in the UK while retaining such rights for Irish citizens. Show vote
  • On 18 May 2020: Flick Drummond voted to end the general right for nationals of European Union member states, European Economic Area states and Switzerland to enter and reside in the UK while retaining such rights for Irish citizens. Show vote
  • On 8 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the Government to seek to negotiate continuing full membership of the EU's Erasmus+ education and youth programme. Show vote
  • On 8 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted against seeking close alignment with the EU single market underpinned by shared institutions and obligations; against participation in EU agencies and funding programmes; and against UK rights and protections for workers, consumers and the environment keeping pace with EU standards as a minimum. Show vote
  • On 13 Mar 2017: Flick Drummond voted against guaranteeing EU derived rights, and the potential to acquire residency rights, for EU and EEA citizens legally resident in the UK. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted against the UK remaining a member of the European Atomic Agency Community (Euratom) when withdrawing from the European Union and against treating leaving Euratom separately from leaving the European Union. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union. Show vote
  • On 1 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union. Show vote
  • On 1 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union. Show vote
  • On 7 Dec 2016: Flick Drummond voted in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union and in favour of starting the process by 31 March 2017. Show vote
  • On 14 Sep 2016: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on UK Withdrawal from Membership of the European Union Show vote
  • On 14 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted to take account of carbon dioxide emissions traded via the European Union to Emissions Trading Scheme when calculating the state of the UK carbon account for periods from 2028. Show vote
  • On 9 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted against the UK opting into a proposed EU directive on combating terrorism; supporting work directly with other countries and recognising that national security is a matter for individual nations. Show vote
  • On 14 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to support the Government's decision not to opt into a European Union response to disproportionate migration into certain states involving measures to relocate individuals in need of international protection (asylum). Show vote

Minor votes

Action to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19

There have been votes in Parliament on public health measures and social restrictions intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for public health measures and social restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19

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Major votes

  • On 14 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted to expand the general "legal requirement to wear face coverings when in shops, when using public transport and in transport hubs to more indoor settings, including, banks, places of worship, public areas in hotels and hostels, museums, in England". Show vote
  • On 14 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted to restrict access to certain venues and events with large crowds, mixing and close contact to those who either are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or have a negative result from within the previous 48 hours, or have a medical exemption from vaccination or through participation in a clinical trial. Show vote
  • On 14 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted to generally require those visiting care homes to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Show vote
  • On 30 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted to require the wearing of a face in shops and on public transport as a measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Show vote
  • On 30 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted to generally require close contacts of suspected or confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 to self-isolate for 14 days regardless of age or vaccination status. Show vote
  • On 13 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted to generally ban those who have not had a complete course of doses of an authorised COVID-19 vaccine from visiting a care home. Show vote
  • On 16 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted to continue a ban on indoor gatherings, with exceptions including for work, education and business premises (including shops), and a ban on outdoor gatherings of over six people, again subject to exceptions, and other restrictions, including on businesses. Show vote
  • On 25 Mar 2021: Flick Drummond voted to retain temporary arrangements connected to the coronavirus pandemic on closing buildings, restricting events and gatherings, suspending evictions, enabling greater use of video and audio technology in courts and restricting the liberty of potentially infectious persons. Show vote
  • On 10 Feb 2021: Flick Drummond voted for increased data sharing for the purposes of enforcement of COVID-19 self-isolation regulations and for a new "large gathering offence" applying to those attending an indoor gathering of more than fifteen people in a private home or education accommodation, or an indoor rave. Show vote
  • On 1 Feb 2021: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Covid Security at UK Borders Show vote
  • On 6 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted to place all of England into a strict "stay at home" lockdown, with exceptions including for work and exercise, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2020: Flick Drummond voted to introduce a tiered system of restrictions intended to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, with different tiers and restrictions applying in different areas. Show vote
  • On 4 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted to forbid anyone from leaving, or being outside of, the place where they are living without reasonable excuse, to close non-essential retail, entertainment and leisure venues and to restrict food and drink businesses to delivery, click and collect, drive through and takeaway. Show vote
  • On 21 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted to approve the extension of COVID-19 related relaxations of corporate annual general meeting requirements, and insolvency laws. Show vote
  • On 21 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted to require 10 days self-isolation following a positive test for COVID-19 and 14 days self-isolation for those officially notified they have had close-contact of someone who had tested positive. Show vote
  • On 6 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted to prohibit of a gathering of more than six people unless those gathering are all from the same household, or two linked households, or if an exemption applies. Show vote
  • On 30 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to retain temporary arrangements connected to the coronavirus pandemic on closing buildings, restricting events and gatherings, suspending evictions, enabling greater use of video and audio technology in courts and restricting the liberty of potentially infectious persons. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted in favour of extending a general requirement to wear face coverings in venues such as shops, shopping centres, banks and post offices to a wider range of places including places of worship, cinemas, crematoria, museums, hotel lobbies and cinemas. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to permit, in England, the opening of casinos, indoor skating rinks, indoor play areas and bowling alleys as well as to permit public events at conference centres and exhibition halls. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted in favour of extending requirements to wear a face covering in certain places in England to cover casinos, members clubs, social clubs, conference centres, funfairs, theme parks and indoor sports and leisure facilities while providing exemptions for elite sports and pupils of religious schools. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to support increased penalties for repeated breaches of the law requiring the wearing of facemasks in situations including shops and using public transport. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to approve a ban on indoor or outdoor gatherings of more than thirty people at a private home in England. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 16 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted to continue arrangements for proxy voting on health grounds, the Speaker limiting the number of MPs present in the House of Commons Chamber, and arrangements for Westminster Hall and select committees to work virtually. Show vote
  • On 15 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted against additional restrictions on entering the United Kingdom, for COVID-19 control purposes, as well as against an international vaccine passport and against support for the aviation sector. Show vote
  • On 25 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Council Tax: Government’s Proposed Increase — COVID-19 Show vote
  • On 21 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted yes on Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North of England, North East and North West of England and Obligations of Undertakings (England) etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Show vote
  • On 21 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted against ensuring those subject to the COVID-19 Job Support Scheme receive at least 80 percent of their previous incomes. Show vote
  • On 14 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted against reforming the economic support being provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic - against incentivising keeping staff employed, against fixing gaps in support for the self-employed, against linking economic support to imposition of new restrictions and against extending a ban on evictions. Show vote
  • On 14 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to provide more funding for contact tracing across all parts of the country and against ensuring that councils and local public health teams receive the resources and powers they require. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to approve a relaxation of restrictions in nine wards in the Blackburn with Darwen area from 25 August 2020, the restrictions had been intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to approve a relaxation of restrictions in eight wards in the City of Bradford area from 2 September 2020, the restrictions had been intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Show vote

Legal Aid

There have been votes in Parliament on the subject of eligibility for legal aid. Matters which have been voted on include means testing, if aid should be generally restricted to those residing in the UK, and which legal services should be funded by legal aid.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for restricting the scope of legal aid

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Major votes

  • On 26 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted against providing publicly funded legal representation for bereaved people at inquests where a public body has a connection to the case. Show vote
  • On 25 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted against providing publicly funded legal representation for bereaved people at inquests where a public body has a connection to the case. Show vote

Number of MPs in the House of Commons

There have been votes in Parliament on reducing the number of MPs in the House of Commons and reviewing the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies.

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Flick Drummond generally voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Major votes

  • On 2 Jun 2020: Flick Drummond voted to have 650 MPs in the House of Commons and to remove Parliament's role in approving changes to Parliamentary constituencies. Show vote
  • On 18 Nov 2016: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading Show vote

Minor votes

Use of UK Military Forces In Combat Abroad

There have been votes in Parliament on the use of UK Military Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas

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Major votes

Military Action Against Group Known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh

There have been votes in Parliament on whether the UK should take part in military action in Iraq and Syria against the group known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for military action against ISIL (Daesh)

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Major votes

Preservation of Environmental Protections on Withdrawal from the European Union

There have been votes in Parliament on the retention of environmental protections on the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

Flick Drummond voted a mixture of for and against the preservation of environmental protections after withdrawal from the EU

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Major votes

  • On 24 May 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Show vote
  • On 9 Feb 2021: Flick Drummond voted to require international trade agreements to be consistent with maintaining the NHS and the UK's levels of legal protection for human, animal or plant life or health, the environment, employment and labour, data and children and vulnerable adults online. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 12 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond voted no on Opposition Day: EU Referendum: Energy and Environment Show vote

Voting Age

There have been votes in Parliament on reducing the voting age from eighteen to sixteen for local government elections, for elections to the Westminster and European Parliaments and for the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against a lower voting age

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Major votes

  • On 17 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted against lowering the voting age to 16 for UK Parliamentary elections. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Electoral Reform (Proportional Representation and Reduction of Voting Age) Show vote
  • On 8 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted against allowing those aged sixteen and seventeen to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. Show vote
  • On 7 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to keep the voting age for local government elections at 18 and not reduce it to 16. Show vote
  • On 17 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to keep the voting age for local government elections at 18 and not reduce it to 16. Show vote
  • On 7 Sep 2015: Flick Drummond voted against allowing those aged 16 and 17 to vote in the referendum on if the UK should remain a member of the EU. Show vote

Powers of the Devolved Administration in Northern Ireland

There have been votes in Parliament on the powers of the devolved administration in Northern Ireland.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against more powers for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland

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Major votes

Minor votes

Climate Change

There have been votes in Parliament on targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and on increasing the proportion of electricity generated via renewable means as well as on the establishment of a UK Green Investment Bank, to invest in projects which, for example, reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Flick Drummond generally voted against measures to prevent climate change

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Major votes

  • On 4 Dec 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 Show vote
  • On 10 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted in favour of laws enabling the government to direct funds from electricity consumers, via electricity suppliers, to help pay for, and encourage private investment in, new nuclear power stations. Show vote
  • On 13 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require the benefits of any subsidies to outweigh any negative effects on the UK's aim of net zero emissions of targeted greenhouse gases by 2050. Show vote
  • On 3 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted in favour of laws enabling the government to direct funds from electricity consumers, via electricity suppliers, to help pay for, and encourage private investment in, new nuclear power stations. Show vote
  • On 20 Oct 2021: Flick Drummond voted to exempt national security and defence as well as taxation and spending from those policy areas where ministers would be required to have due regard to environmental policy. Show vote
  • On 7 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to make supporting reducing the United Kingdom's net targeted greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 the initial core mission of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Show vote
  • On 26 May 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to ban the burning of certain types of vegetation in almost all upland areas with peat soils in England. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require public authorities to act in accordance with the following principles in relation to the environment: preventative action to avert damage; the precautionary principle; rectifying damage at source and "polluter pays". Show vote
  • On 13 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require the Financial Conduct Authority to have regard to the target of reducing UK greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990 levels by 2050 when setting capital and risk related requirements for investment firms. Show vote
  • On 16 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to seek to ensure any regulations on the subject of climate change risk which apply to those running certain occupational pension schemes align with the aims of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner and limiting the global average temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Show vote
  • On 12 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to require ministers to have due regard to the target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 when taking actions including setting up agricultural subsidy schemes. Show vote
  • On 29 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to require a "climate and nature emergency impact statement" as part of any proposal for financial assistance under a United Kingdom Internal Market Act. Show vote
  • On 3 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted not to reduce the permitted carbon dioxide emission rate of new homes. Show vote
  • On 14 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted against requiring a strategy for carbon capture and storage for the energy industry. Show vote
  • On 14 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted against setting a decarbonisation target for the UK within six months of June 2016 and to review it annually thereafter. Show vote
  • On 26 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted against charging the first year rate of vehicle tax, which varies substantially based on carbon dioxide emissions, for the subsequent two years as well; against a variable rate of vehicle tax based on carbon dixoide emissions for vehicles registered on or after 1 April 2017 and to charge additional tax on vehicles costing over £40,000. Show vote
  • On 8 Sep 2015: Flick Drummond voted to apply the Climate Change Levy tax to electricity generated from renewable sources. Show vote
  • On 14 Jul 2015: Flick Drummond voted in favour of the Summer 2015 budget which, among other measures, increased the minimum wage, replaced student maintenance grants with loans and cut tax credits. Show vote
  • On 14 Jul 2015: Flick Drummond voted to apply the tax on non-domestic electricity supplies known as the climate change levy to electricity generated from renewable sources. Show vote

Scoring Agreements

Agreements are when Parliament takes a decision without holding a vote.

This does not necessarily mean universal approval, but does mean there were no (or few) objections made to the decision being made.

The following agreements were made while this member was elected:

  • On 24 Jun 2019: Approval of SI setting 2050 Net Zero target date Show Decision

Minor votes

  • On 18 May 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to express support for a series of policy proposals put forward by the leader of the Scottish National Party Ian Blackford MP. The policies in question were: protecting workers' rights, doing more in respect of the cost of living and climate change; increasing benefits; imposing windfall taxes; retaining existing EU derived law and retaining the existing Human Rights Act. Show vote
  • On 23 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted for NHS reforms and reorganisations intended to ensure integration and coordination both within the NHS and between the NHS and local councils as well as to make virginity checking and hymen reconstruction an offence. Show vote
  • On 14 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for NHS reforms and reorganisations intended to ensure integration and coordination both within the NHS and between the NHS and local councils as well as to make virginity checking and hymen reconstruction an offence. Show vote
  • On 14 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for NHS reforms and reorganisations intended to ensure integration and coordination both within the NHS and between the NHS and local councils as well as to make virginity checking and hymen reconstruction an offence. Show vote
  • On 5 Feb 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to call on the Government to develop and implement a plan to eliminate the substantial majority of transport emissions by 2030. Show vote
  • On 6 Sep 2016: Flick Drummond voted to allow the Treasury to increase VAT on the installation of energy saving materials. Show vote
  • On 9 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted against reducing the permitted carbon dioxide emission rate of new homes and instead requiring a review of minimum energy performance requirements. Show vote

Incentives for Companies to Invest in Assets

The tax incentive for companies to invest in assets (eg. new equipment) is determined by the "annual investment allowance" - the amount spent on investing assets in a year which companies (or self-employed individuals) can deduct from their profits prior to the calculation of corporation tax.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for stronger tax incentives for companies to invest in assets

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Major votes

  • On 24 May 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to exclude large digital services companies from tax incentives for investment in plant or machinery. Show vote
  • On 19 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to exclude large digital services companies from tax incentives for investing in plant and machinery and not to make such incentives conditional on support for unions and paying a living wage. Show vote

Spending on Welfare Benefits

There have been votes in Parliament on the level of spending on welfare benefits. Specific matters voted on include a cap on the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year, the rate of increase of various benefits, and the operation of specific benefits.

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Flick Drummond generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

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Minor votes

Fire Safety

There have been votes in Parliament on fire safety measures, including requirements for inspections and data sharing with fire services.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against stronger fire safety measures

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Major votes

  • On 19 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted to allow landlords to pass on the costs of certain fire safety works to leaseholders, and not to create the Building Works Agency which would have been charged with administering a programme of cladding remediation and other building safety works. Show vote
  • On 24 Feb 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require the owner or manager of a building containing two or more sets of domestic premises to: provide information about its external walls to the local fire service; inspect individual flat entrance doors annually; inspect lifts monthly and report faults to the local fire service; and share evacuation and fire safety instructions with residents of the building. Show vote
  • On 1 Feb 2021: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Unsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and Leaseholders Show vote
  • On 7 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted against placing more fire-safety duties on those who own or manage buildings containing two or more homes. Show vote

Minor votes

Pub Leases

There have been votes in Parliament on the question of if pub companies should be required to offer their tenants an option to rent the premises with no requirement to buy beer, and other supplies, from the pub company.

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Flick Drummond voted for requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases

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Major votes

  • On 2 Feb 2016: Flick Drummond voted for a Small Business Commissioner to address disputes with larger businesses; to protect the term apprenticeship in law; to require insurers to pay insurance claims within a reasonable time; to establish a "Pubs Code Adjudicator"; to ensure tied pub tenants are offered a Market Rent Only option during rent assessments; and for other measures intended to support the growth of enterprise in the UK. Show vote

Third Party Campaigning in Elections

There have been votes in Parliament on the regulation of campaigners who are not standing, or putting up candidates, in general elections.

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However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

  • On 17 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted to require the costs of joint campaigning by groups comprising of registered political parties and/or registered non-party campaigners to count towards each group member's expenditure limits. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2016: Flick Drummond voted against making clear charities can undertake political campaigning. Show vote

Civil Service Redundancy Payments

There have been votes in Parliament on introducing a cap on civil service redundancy payments.

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Flick Drummond voted for capping civil service redundancy payments

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Major votes

  • On 30 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted to stop certain "public sector" bodies from generally making exit payments above £95,000 in connection with a person leaving employment or vacating office. Show vote

MPs' Veto Over Laws Only Affecting Their Part of the UK

That English MPs have not been able vote on matters which have been devolved to other parts of the UK, but Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland MPs can vote on those same matters when the UK Parliament is legislating solely for England has been considered by some to be unfair. There have been votes in Parliament on how to give MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland a fairer say over matters which only affect their parts of the UK. In respect of votes on matters only affecting England this is often described as the "English Votes on English Laws" question.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for a veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland over laws specifically impacting their part of the UK

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Major votes

  • On 22 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted to give the MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland a veto when laws specifically impacting one or more of those parts of the United Kingdom are before the House of Commons. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 22 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted to to give MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland a veto over laws impacting just their parts of the UK and against putting the decision off until a committee had considered it. Show vote
  • On 22 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland a veto over laws impacting just their parts of the UK only for a trial period. Show vote

Equalise Number of Electors Per Parliamentary Constituency

There have been votes in Parliament on equalising the number of people who elect each MP. Specific votes have been held on if there ought be exceptions to rules aimed at equalising the size of constituencies for special cases such as Cornwall and the Isle of Wight.

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Flick Drummond generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency

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Major votes

  • On 10 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to delay a review of Parliamentary constituency boundaries from 2031 to 2033. Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to allow greater variation in the number of electors in each Parliamentary constituency. Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted against requiring proposals to be presented to Parliament for improving the completeness of electoral registers for purposes of boundary reviews. Show vote
  • On 14 Jul 2020: Flick Drummond voted against allowing extra variation in the size of the electorate in a constituency where there are considerations such as the size, shape and accessibility or other electoral boundaries. Show vote
  • On 18 Nov 2016: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading Show vote

Mass Surveillance

There have been votes in Parliament on if the state should be permitted, with safeguards, to intercept people’s communications en masse, as well as obtain and use datasets which could include people’s personal banking, travel, and health data. The question of if the state should be able to require the retention of details of people’s internet use has also been voted on.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for mass surveillance of people’s communications and activities

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Major votes

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) to Extract Shale Gas

Parliament has voted on whether hydraulic fracturing (fracking) should be permitted at all, where it should be permitted, and how such operations ought be regulated.

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Flick Drummond voted a mixture of for and against greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas

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Major votes

  • On 19 Oct 2022: Flick Drummond voted no on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill Show vote
  • On 16 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted for greater restrictions on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas in National Parks, the Broads, areas of outstanding natural beauty, World Heritage sites, and near points where water is abstracted for domestic and food production purposes. Show vote

Approve reports of Standards Committee

The Standards Committee investigates if MPs have broken rules, and recommends sanctions for MPs to vote on. There have been votes (and decisions without a vote) on sanctions against individual MPs.

Flick Drummond generally voted for approving reports and recommendations made by the Standards Committee

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Major votes

  • On 19 Jun 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Privilege Motion Show vote
  • On 6 Jun 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Committee on Standards Motion Show vote
  • On 3 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to suspend Owen Paterson from the House of Commons immediately and to set up a select committee to consider and make recommendations on both allegations of paid lobbying by Owen Paterson MP and on wider issues relating to the system for dealing with alleged misconduct by MPs. Show vote

Scoring Agreements

Agreements are when Parliament takes a decision without holding a vote.

This does not necessarily mean universal approval, but does mean there were no (or few) objections made to the decision being made.

The following agreements were made while this member was elected:

  • On 16 Nov 2021: Approval of Committee on Standards report suspending Peter Bone Show Decision
  • On 16 Nov 2021: Approval of Committee on Standards report on Owen Patterson (after resignation) Show Decision

Corporation Tax Rate

There have been votes in Parliament on the rate of tax charged on a company's profits.

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Flick Drummond generally voted for reducing the rate of corporation tax

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Major votes

Mass Retention of Communications Data

There have been votes in Parliament on if we should require the mass retention of information about communications (but not the content of those communications).

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for requiring the mass retention of information about communications

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Major votes

Individual Contributions to Social Care Costs

There have been votes in Parliament both on the principle of preventing an individual from having to contribute towards their social care costs after a certain point, and on the details of the operation of that cap.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against reducing the maximum amount an individual may be required to contribute to their social care costs

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Major votes

  • On 25 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted to limit the amount adults can be required to pay towards their eligible care costs over their lifetime, rather than to prevent an individual being charged once they, local authorities, or others had paid a certain amount. Show vote
  • On 30 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted to limit the amount adults can be required to pay towards their eligible care costs over their lifetime, rather than to prevent an individual being charged once they, local authorities, or others had paid a certain amount. Show vote
  • On 22 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted to limit the amount adults can be required to pay towards their eligible care costs over their lifetime, rather than to prevent an individual being charged once they, local authorities, or others had paid a certain amount. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 25 Feb 2020: Flick Drummond voted against urgently reforming social care and including making personal care free. Show vote

Merging Police and Fire Services under Police and Crime Commissioners

There have been votes in Parliament on whether to give Police and Crime Commissioners responsibility for fire services.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for merging police and fire services under Police and Crime Commissioners

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Major votes

  • On 26 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted to allow Police and Crime Commissioners to be given responsibility for the Fire and Rescue Service. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 26 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted against requiring a report on the funding requirements of the fire and rescue service before transferring responsibility for them to a Police and Crime Commissioner. Show vote
  • On 26 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the consent of the relevant local councils and the fire authority, or the majority of people taking part in a referendum, before a Police and Crime Commissioner is given responsibility for a Fire and Rescue Service. Show vote

Referendum on the UK's Membership of the EU

There have been a number of votes in Parliament on if there should be a national referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Union.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU

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Major votes

  • On 7 Sep 2015: Flick Drummond voted for a referendum to be held on if the UK should remain a member of the EU. Show vote
  • On 9 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. Show vote
  • On 9 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 29 Feb 2016: Flick Drummond voted to set the date of the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU as the 23rd of June 2016, and to set other dates relevant to the regulation of the referendum. Show vote

Environmental Water Quality

There have been votes in Parliament on enviornmental water quality, including reducing the harm caused by untreated sewage discharges.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against improving environmental water quality

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Major votes

Trident Nuclear Weapons System Replacement

The UK's Trident nuclear weapons system, comprising missile armed submarines, provides a continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent. There have been votes on if the system should be replaced with a new nuclear deterrent when Trident reaches the end of its lifespan.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system

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Major votes

  • On 26 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted against calling for the Government to outline a positive vision for the UK’s continued membership of the EU; for spending £200 billion on new nuclear weapons; against abolishing the House of Lords; against meaningful devolution to the nations and regions of the UK and against contributing to the resolution of the refugee crisis in Europe. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 18 Jul 2016: Flick Drummond voted to support replacing the four Trident nuclear missile submarines to maintain the UK's continuous at sea nuclear deterrent. Show vote
  • On 24 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted in favour of renewing the Trident nuclear deterrent programme. Show vote
  • On 4 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted in favour of proposed spending cuts and changes to the welfare system and in favour of spending on new nuclear weapons. Show vote

UK membership of the European Union

Parliament has voted on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against UK membership of the EU

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Major votes

Minor votes

Assisted Dying

There have been votes in Parliament on if it should be legal to assist terminally ill people who have decided they want to end their life.

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Flick Drummond voted against allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life

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Major votes

  • On 11 Sep 2015: Flick Drummond voted against allowing a terminally ill person to be lawfully given assistance to end their life with the consent of the High Court. Show vote

Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources

There have been votes in Parliament on procedures for enabling the authorisation of criminal conduct by undercover police officers, other public officials working undercover, and members of the public recruited by public bodies as covert sources.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for authorising criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources

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Major votes

  • On 27 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted against restricting the scope of authorisations for criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources to exclude activities including causing death or bodily harm, violating the sexual integrity of an individual, obstructing justice, wrongful detention and torture. Show vote
  • On 27 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted against restricting the authorisation of criminal conduct by children and vulnerable sources to exceptional circumstances.   Show vote
  • On 15 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted to to enable the authorisation of criminal conduct by undercover police officers, other public officials working undercover, and members of the public recruited by public bodies as covert sources. Show vote
  • On 5 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted to to enable the authorisation of criminal conduct by undercover police officers, other public officials working undercover, and members of the public recruited by public bodies as covert sources. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 27 Jan 2021: Flick Drummond voted against requiring those issuing authorisations for criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources to "reasonably believe", rather than merely "believe", the required conditions are met. Show vote
  • On 15 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted against requiring judicial authorisation of criminal conduct by undercover police officers, other public officials working undercover, or members of the public recruited by public bodies as covert sources. Show vote
  • On 15 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted against restricting the scope of authorisations for criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources to exclude activities including causing death or bodily harm, violating the sexual integrity of an individual, obstructing justice and torture. Show vote
  • On 15 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to limit authorisation of criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources to police forces, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office and the intelligence services. Show vote
  • On 15 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted to permit the authorisation of criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources where such conduct relates to trade unions. Show vote

Reduce capital gains tax

Capital gains taxes should be reduced.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for reducing capital gains tax

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 22 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted to allow the Finance Bill to include provisions relating to specified matters taking effect in future years. Show vote

Taxes on Alcoholic Drinks

There have been votes in Parliament on the rates of taxation applying to alcoholic drinks.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for higher taxes on alcoholic drinks

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Major votes

  • On 18 Apr 2017: Flick Drummond voted to raise the threshold for paying higher rate income tax, to introduce a Soft Drinks Industry Levy, to restrict the national insurance benefits of remuneration other than salary and for other changes to the tax system. Show vote
  • On 18 Apr 2017: Flick Drummond voted to raise the threshold for paying higher rate income tax, to introduce a Soft Drinks Industry Levy, to restrict the national insurance benefits of remuneration other than via salary and for other changes to the tax system. Show vote
  • On 14 Mar 2017: Flick Drummond voted to increase taxes on alcoholic drinks Show vote

Landlords paying for costs of Building Safety Works

There have been votes in Parliament on preventing landlords from passing on the costs of legally required building safety works to leaseholders and tenants.

Flick Drummond consistently voted against landlords paying for the costs of building safety works

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Major votes

  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to protect leaseholders in buildings with fewer than 5 stories or which are under 11 meters tall from being charged for legally required works where there are other possible sources of funding such as grants or warranty/insurance claims. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to protect leaseholders in buildings with fewer than 5 stories or which are under 11 meters tall from being charged for legally required works where there are other possible sources of funding such as grants or warranty/insurance claims. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted to allow leaseholders to charged for legally required building safety works, except cladding remediation, with caps on charges based on lease value and property location. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted to allow leaseholders to charged for legally required building safety works, except cladding remediation, but with caps on charges based on lease value and property location. Show vote
  • On 19 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted to allow landlords to pass on the costs of certain fire safety works to leaseholders, and not to create the Building Works Agency which would have been charged with administering a programme of cladding remediation and other building safety works. Show vote
  • On 28 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted to allow the owners of buildings to pass on the costs of legally required fire safety improvements to leaseholders and tenants. Show vote
  • On 27 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted to allow the owners of buildings to pass on the costs of legally required fire safety improvements to leaseholders and tenants. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2021: Flick Drummond voted to allow the owners of buildings containing two or more sets of domestic premises to pass on the costs of legally required fire safety improvements to leaseholders and tenants. Show vote
  • On 24 Feb 2021: Flick Drummond voted to allow the owners of buildings containing two or more sets of domestic premises to pass on the costs of legally required fire safety improvements to leaseholders and tenants. Show vote

Minor votes

Removal of Trespassers Intending to Reside on Land

There have been votes in Parliament on the circumstances, in England, in which the police can order trespassers intending to reside on land to leave.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for making it easier to remove those trespassing on land with an intent to reside there

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Major votes

  • On 5 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted to extend the circumstances, in England, in which the police can order trespassers intending to reside on land to leave that land to include where disruption and distress are being caused. Show vote
  • On 5 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted in favour of range of changes to the law related to crime and policing including: greater restrictions on protests; criminalising residing on land without consent with a vehicle; reform of the caution system to include conditions associated with a caution; regulation of extraction of data from electronic devices voluntarily provided by users; increased sentences for various crimes; and to enable ministers to refer certain prisoners to the parole board rather than automatically releasing them when their release is due. Show vote
  • On 16 Mar 2021: Flick Drummond voted in favour of a range of changes to the law related to crime and policing including: greater restrictions on protests; criminalising residing on land without consent with a vehicle; reform of the caution system to include conditions associated with a caution; regulation of extraction of data from electronic devices voluntarily provided by users; increased sentences for various crimes; and to enable ministers to refer certain prisoners to the parole board rather than automatically releasing them when their release is due. Show vote
  • On 16 Mar 2021: Flick Drummond voted in favour of range of changes to the law related to crime and policing including: greater restrictions on protests; criminalising residing on land without consent with a vehicle; reform of the caution system to include conditions associated with a caution; regulation of extraction of data from electronic devices voluntarily provided by users; increased sentences for various crimes; and to enable ministers to refer certain prisoners to the parole board rather than automatically releasing them when their release is due. Show vote

Access to Abortion

There have been votes in Parliament on access to abortion .

Flick Drummond generally voted against fewer obstacles for access to abortion

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Major votes

  • On 7 Mar 2023: Flick Drummond voted yes on Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 Show vote
  • On 18 Oct 2022: Flick Drummond voted no on Lawfare and Investigative Journalism Show vote
  • On 30 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to permit drug-mediated abortion, up-to ten weeks into a pregnancy, without an in-person consultation with a registered medical practitioner, and not to allow the first dose of drugs to be taken at home. Show vote
  • On 27 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted against empowering a UK minister to act to ensure legal high-quality abortion and post-abortion care in Northern Ireland and against and protecting women from harassment by anti-abortion protesters. Show vote
  • On 24 Jun 2020: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics) Bill — Leave to Bring In Show vote
  • On 17 Jun 2020: Flick Drummond voted for abortion to revert to being criminal offence in Northern Ireland, with case law providing exceptions only where there is a serious adverse health impact to the woman. Show vote
  • On 13 Mar 2017: Flick Drummond voted no on Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Show vote

High Speed Rail

MPs have voted on funding and giving permission for a new high speed rail network, connecting at least London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester.

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Flick Drummond voted for new high speed rail infrastructure

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Major votes

  • On 8 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Rail Investment and Integrated Rail Plan Show vote
  • On 23 Mar 2016: Flick Drummond voted for the construction of the HS2 rail link from London to Birmingham. Show vote

Powers of the Scottish Parliament

There have been votes in Parliament on devolving powers to the Scottish Parliament. Specific subjects of these votes have ranged from giving the Scottish Parliament the ability to raise taxes to devolving powers and responsibility relating to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Scotland.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament

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Major votes

  • On 14 Dec 2022: Flick Drummond voted no on Opposition day: Scotland's future Show vote
  • On 23 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to give devolved Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland a veto on a range of NHS Governance matters including transferring functions between health bodies. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to require the consent of relevant devolved governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland before regulations implementing international trade deals which would be within the scope of their devolved powers can be made. Show vote
  • On 9 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the UK Parliament to have the consent of the Scottish Parliament before making laws applying to Scotland on devolved matters. Show vote
  • On 9 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament the power to call a referendum on Scottish independence. Show vote
  • On 9 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to give the Scottish Parliament the power to set Scotland's laws on abortion. Show vote
  • On 9 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament the power to make laws on child tax credit, and working tax credit. Show vote
  • On 9 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament powers related to equalities laws. Show vote
  • On 6 Jul 2015: Flick Drummond voted against allowing the devolved administration in Scotland to introduce a requirement for gender balance among the members of the Scottish Parliament and members of boards of Scottish public authorities. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against allowing the devolved Scottish administration to pay disability benefits in respect of lower level conditions. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against allowing the devolved administration in Scotland to pay a carers benefit to those under 16 or in gainful employment, or in full time education. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require the agreement of the Secretary of State before Scottish Ministers can change regulations relating to benefit payments in respect of rent. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving powers related to Housing Benefit in Scotland to the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Ministers. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament the ability to create new state benefits in Scotland. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament power over national insurance. Show vote
  • On 29 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving Scotland full responsibility for taxation and spending in Scotland. Show vote
  • On 29 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament powers over income tax in Scotland. Show vote
  • On 15 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against allowing the Scottish Parliament to take full control over taxation, borrowing and public spending in Scotland. Show vote
  • On 15 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament powers over all areas except the constitution, foreign affairs, public service, defence, treason and pension changes which would affect the UK's liabilities. Show vote
  • On 15 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against giving the Scottish Parliament a veto on the repeal of the Human Rights Act as it applies to Scotland. Show vote
  • On 15 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the UK Parliament to have the consent of the Scottish Parliament before legislating on devolved matters. Show vote
  • On 15 Jun 2015: Flick Drummond voted against requiring the consent of the Scottish Parliament and of the Scottish people in a referendum before the Scottish Parliament can be abolished; and against strengthening the constitutional status of the Scottish Parliament. Show vote

Minor votes

Voter Identification

There have been votes in Parliament on introducing a requirement for photographic identification to vote at polling stations.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for photographic voter identification at polling stations

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Major votes

  • On 17 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted t to require voters in UK Parliamentary elections to produce photo-identification when voting at polling stations. Show vote
  • On 17 Jan 2022: Flick Drummond voted to require the production of identification to vote at a polling station in Parliamentary elections, to seek to prevent the corrupt use of postal votes and to allow British Citizens living overseas to vote, even if they have been out of the country for more than fifteen years. Show vote
  • On 7 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted to require the production of identification to vote at a polling station in Parliamentary elections, to seek to prevent the corrupt use of postal votes and to allow British Citizens living overseas to vote, even if they have been out of the country for more than fifteen years. Show vote
  • On 7 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted to require the production of identification to vote at a polling station in Parliamentary elections, to seek to prevent the corrupt use of postal votes and to allow British Citizens living overseas to vote, even if they have been out of the country for more than fifteen years. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 27 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to add a list of additional documents, including some not carrying a photograph, to those considered to provide the proof of identity required to vote in-person in a UK Parliamentary election. Show vote
  • On 19 May 2021: Flick Drummond voted voted in favour of requiring ID from voters in elections, for measures intended to deter illegal entry into the UK, in favour of legislation to tackle violence, including against women and girls, and for action to support victims and improve internet safety. Show vote

Benefits for Those Unemployed Due to Illness or Disability

The amount of welfare benefits paid to those unemployed due to disability or illness has been the subject of a number of votes in Parliament.

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Flick Drummond almost always voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability

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Major votes

Minor votes

Secure Tenancies for Life

There have been votes in Parliament on phasing out secure lifetime tenancies and requiring tenancies be for a fixed term and do not get automatically renewed.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for phasing out secure tenancies for life

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Major votes

  • On 12 Jan 2016: Flick Drummond voted to phase out secure tenancies for life. Show vote
  • On 12 Jan 2016: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote
  • On 2 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote
  • On 2 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote
  • On 2 Nov 2015: Flick Drummond voted to require those on high incomes living in social housing to pay market rents; to enable right to buy style discounts for housing association tenants to be funded; to enable the Secretary of State to require local councils to sell expensive properties, perhaps using the revenue to fund new housing, and for other proposed changes to the law on housing and planning. Show vote

Equality and Human Rights

There have been votes in Parliament on the subject of where prejudice or discrimination should be made illegal and where exceptions should be made to permit otherwise illegal discrimination. MPs have also voted on the degree to which "human rights" are protected.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against laws to promote equality and human rights

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Major votes

  • On 7 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted against explicitly requiring immigration and enforcement officers to avoid using their powers in a way that could endanger life at sea. Show vote
  • On 19 May 2021: Flick Drummond voted against bringing Government policy in-line with human rights where the courts have found policy incompatible with human rights. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Interpretation of Part 2 — Compliance with International Agreements Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom, or have their family unity impacted, as a result treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom as a result of the operation of new asylum laws. Show vote
  • On 7 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to explicitly prohibit Advanced Research and Invention Agency resources from being used in any way that would contravene human rights. Show vote
  • On 14 Dec 2016: Flick Drummond voted against calling on the Government to ensure women and protected groups are not disproportionally impacted by tax and benefit changes and against publication of a gender equality strategy to improve the position of women. Show vote
  • On 26 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted in favour of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998; against plans to save the steel industry including fast-tracking infrastructure projects requiring large amounts of steel; and against a principle of the Government not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending. Show vote
  • On 9 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted against carrying out an assessment of the impact of Government policies on women; against mitigating any disproportionate burden on women and against publishing a gender equality strategy. Show vote
  • On 1 Jul 2015: Flick Drummond voted against requiring an annual report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission analysing information on the gender pay gap and making recommendations to close it. Show vote

Removing Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords

There have been votes in Parliament on the removal of the hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

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However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

Income Tax Personal Allowance

There have been votes in Parliament on the earnings threshold at which an individual starts to become subject to income tax.

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Flick Drummond generally voted for raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax

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Major votes

Minor votes

Fixed Term Parliaments

Fixed Term Parliaments involve holding general elections on a regular basis, for example every five years, with some exceptions permitting early elections. Without Fixed Term Parliaments a party with a majority had significant influence over the timing of a general election.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against fixed periods between parliamentary elections

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Major votes

  • On 13 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted for the monarch, rather than MPs, to have power to dissolve a Parliament, and prompt an early election. Show vote
  • On 13 Sep 2021: Flick Drummond voted for the monarch, rather than MPs, to have power to dissolve a Parliament, and prompt an early election. Show vote
  • On 6 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for the monarch, rather than MPs, to have power to dissolve a Parliament, and prompt an early election. Show vote

State Pension Age

There have been votes in Parliament on increasing the state pension age.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for increasing the state pension age

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Major votes

  • On 2 Feb 2022: Flick Drummond voted for a range of tax and pensions provisions including keeping key income tax rates unchanged and to increase the normal pension age to 57 from 6 April 2028. Show vote
  • On 16 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a range of tax and pensions provisions including keeping key income tax rates unchanged and to increase the normal pension age to 57 from 6 April 2028. Show vote
  • On 16 Nov 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a range of tax and pensions provisions including keeping key income tax rates unchanged and to increase the normal pension age to 57 from 6 April 2028. Show vote

Military Covenant

The armed forces covenant sets out the relationship between the nation, the government and the armed forces. It recognises the nation's moral obligation to members of the armed forces and their families. MPs have voted on the extent to which there should be special provisions for current, and former, service personnel in relation to public services.

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Flick Drummond generally voted against strengthening the Military Covenant

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Major votes

  • On 1 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to empower ministers to extend the period during which employers of someone who has left the armed forces benefit from a reduction in national insurance payable in connection with that person's employment. Show vote
  • On 7 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to waive immigration and nationality related fees for non UK citizens in the UK armed forces who have served for at least five years, and their dependents. Show vote
  • On 6 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require the Government to have due regard to the special circumstances of current and former members of the armed services when exercising certain functions in relation to England. Show vote
  • On 23 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require central government departments to have due regard to the special situation of current or former members of the armed services when carrying out certain functions relating to housing, education and health in England. Show vote
  • On 23 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require accommodation provided to service people in Scotland to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard, the main measure of housing quality in Scotland. Show vote
  • On 23 Jun 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to cap immigration and nationality related fees at level of the actual cost for citizens of Commonwealth countries who have who have served at least four years in the UK armed forces and for anyone who has served at least four years in the Brigade of Gurkhas. Show vote
  • On 27 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted against establishing a duty of care standard in relation to legal, pastoral and mental health support provided to service personnel involved in investigations or litigation arising from overseas operations. Show vote
  • On 21 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to exclude actions against the UK brought by serving or former members of the armed services from proposed, more restrictive, time limits on actions in respect of personal injuries, death or human rights claims which relate to overseas operations of the armed forces. Show vote
  • On 21 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted against establishing a duty of care standard in relation to legal, pastoral and mental health support provided to service personnel involved in investigations or litigation arising from overseas operations. Show vote
  • On 3 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to exclude actions against the UK brought by serving or former members of the armed services from proposed, more restrictive, time limits on actions in respect of personal injuries, death or human rights claims which relate to overseas operations of the armed forces. Show vote
  • On 3 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted to apply restrictions on the prosecution of members of the armed forces in relation to their conduct on overseas deployment even where prosecution is required by an international treaty. Show vote
  • On 3 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted to apply restrictions on the prosecution of members of the armed forces in relation to their conduct on overseas deployment even in cases of alleged torture. Show vote
  • On 3 Nov 2020: Flick Drummond voted for prosecutions in respect of historical conduct by British armed services personnel on overseas operations to only take place in exceptional circumstances. Show vote
  • On 23 Sep 2020: Flick Drummond voted for prosecutions in respect of conduct by British armed services personnel on overseas operations to only take place in exceptional circumstances. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 13 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require a review of the mental health treatment provided to Armed Forces personnel. Show vote
  • On 21 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to require the Service Prosecuting Authority to review investigations into allegations related to overseas operations and to decide if to continue them. Show vote

Tougher on illegal immigration

The UK should have stronger laws to tackle illegal immigration.

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Flick Drummond almost always voted for stronger laws and enforcement of immigration rules

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Major votes

  • On 17 Jan 2024: Flick Drummond voted yes on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted in favour of creating an offence of entering the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance (if one is required), and against creating an alternative narrower offence of arriving in the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted to permit treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted in favour of making it an offence to knowingly arrive in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, if such a clearance is required. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to raise the threshold for denying an individual the 30-day recovery period for victims, or potential victims of slavery or trafficking, during which they cannot be removed from the United Kingdom, and and to allow those under 18 years to be denied the recovery period. Show vote
  • On 8 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted to infer that the late provision of information by a potential slavery or trafficking victim damages that person’s credibility. Show vote
  • On 8 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 8 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to exempt potential child victims of modern slavery, exploitation or trafficking from requirements to provide information to determine if they are in-fact a victim, not to exempt them from being denied support on the grounds they are a threat to public order and not to exempt them from limits on support. Show vote
  • On 7 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to make it an offence to advertise services designed to facilitate illegal immigration. Show vote
  • On 7 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted against explicitly requiring immigration and enforcement officers to avoid using their powers in a way that could endanger life at sea. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 28 Apr 2021: Flick Drummond voted for new guidance intended to ensure that vulnerable people are not detained inappropriately in immigration detention. Show vote
  • On 19 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted against introducing a time limit on immigration detention of twenty-eight days for nationals of the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2020: Flick Drummond voted against introducing a time limit on immigration detention of twenty-eight days for nationals of the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Show vote
  • On 14 Dec 2016: Flick Drummond voted in favour of arrangements for immigration checks for those opening banks and building society accounts. Show vote
  • On 25 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted against banning the immigration detention of those who are pregnant and against guidance to be taken into account on the immigration detention of vulnerable people. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted in favour of making it a criminal offence for someone to work if their immigration status prohibits it. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to make it an offence to rent a home to someone who is disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying premises under a residential tenancy agreement. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to restrict the support available to failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill. Show vote
  • On 13 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill Show vote
  • On 13 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 19 May 2021: Flick Drummond voted voted in favour of requiring ID from voters in elections, for measures intended to deter illegal entry into the UK, in favour of legislation to tackle violence, including against women and girls, and for action to support victims and improve internet safety. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to extend the power to deport an individual before considering an appeal on human rights grounds so it applies to all those appealing on human rights grounds against their removal. Show vote

Asylum

The asylum system is intended to protect people fleeing persecution in their own countries. Parliament has voted on subjects including: routes via which people may enter the United Kingdom to seek asylum; the circumstances in which those seeking asylum may work; support for those seeking asylum and if to allow those claiming asylum to be removed to other countries while their claim is assessed.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for a stricter asylum system

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Major votes

  • On 17 Jan 2024: Flick Drummond voted yes on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading Show vote
  • On 26 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted against being more lenient when assessing if a refugee had "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities", not to put the onus of proof on the Government, and not to give due weight to the best interests of children and family unity, in relation to such determinations, and not to require the law to ensure refugees should not be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to allow those seeking asylum, and their adult dependents, to work if a decision on their application has not been made within six months. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted to enable someone to be removed from, or required to leave, the UK while their asylum application is pending. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted against UK law allowing entry to the UK to seek asylum and against UK law enabling unaccompanied children in Europe who have a family member in the UK to seek asylum in the UK. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted in favour of creating an offence of entering the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance (if one is required), and against creating an alternative narrower offence of arriving in the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted to make it an offence to help an asylum-seeker enter the UK, even if that help is offered for free and there is a reasonable excuse for helping, subject to an exception for those acting on behalf of an organisation which helps asylum seekers for free. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted to permit treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted against "allowing asylum seekers and their adult dependents, including failed asylum seekers who have raised further submissions, to work on the same terms as a person with refugee status if a decision on their claim has not been determined within six months". Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted to permit removing someone to a safe third country whilst their asylum claim is pending. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted against allowing people who are in Europe and have a family member living lawfully in the UK to enter the United Kingdom to seek asylum. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted in favour of making it an offence to knowingly arrive in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, if such a clearance is required. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted to consider asylum seekers who fail, when requested, to provide information relating to them being a victim of slavery or trafficking within a set time-limit, to have reduced credibility, unless there is a good reason for the delay in providing information. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to raise the threshold for denying an individual the 30-day recovery period for victims, or potential victims of slavery or trafficking, during which they cannot be removed from the United Kingdom, and and to allow those under 18 years to be denied the recovery period. Show vote
  • On 8 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 7 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted not to exempt those facing persecution in their own countries, and others in need of international protection, from a new offence of arriving in the UK without a valid entry clearance. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 19 Oct 2020: Flick Drummond voted not to allow those in the EU who wish to make a claim for asylum in the UK, and who would have been eligible for transfer to the UK under EU regulations, to enter the UK to make their claim. Show vote
  • On 30 Jun 2020: Flick Drummond voted to remove rights for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, spouses, vulnerable adults and dependant adults to join a family member who is legally present in the United Kingdom. Show vote
  • On 22 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted against requiring ministers to seek to negotiate with the EU to allow unaccompanied children seeking asylum to join their relatives by moving from the UK to the EU or vice-versa, and instead voted to require the Government to set out its policy on this subject. Show vote
  • On 8 Jan 2020: Flick Drummond voted to remove a requirement for ministers to seek to negotiate an agreement with the EU to enable unaccompanied child refugees to join their relatives. Show vote
  • On 25 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted against giving asylum seekers permission to work if a decision on their application takes over six months. Show vote
  • On 14 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to support the Government's decision not to opt into a European Union response to disproportionate migration into certain states involving measures to relocate individuals in need of international protection (asylum). Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to restrict the support available to failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 18 May 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to express support for a broad set of policies put forward by the leader of the Liberal Democrats. The policies in question were: providing more help to unpaid carers; tackling issues in education relating to special educational needs or disability; supporting pupils impacted by the pandemic; doing more in respect of the cost of living; cutting VAT from 20 to 17.5%; tackling violence against women and girls; providing sanctuary to refugees fleeing war and persecution; tackling the shortage of GPs and dentists; tackling longer ambulance waiting times; restoring the target of 0.7% of Gross National Income for aid, and not cutting the armed forces. Show vote
  • On 26 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to require that, so far as possible under new asylum laws, no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom and to require a court or tribunal breaching that principle to make a declaration to that effect. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Interpretation of Part 2 — Compliance with International Agreements Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom as a result of the operation of new asylum laws. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted against the resettlement, in the United Kingdom, of at least 10,000 refugees per year. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted in favour of making it a criminal offence for someone to work if their immigration status prohibits it. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to make it an offence to rent a home to someone who is disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying premises under a residential tenancy agreement. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to extend the power to deport an individual before considering an appeal on human rights grounds so it applies to all those appealing on human rights grounds against their removal. Show vote
  • On 1 Dec 2015: Flick Drummond voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill. Show vote
  • On 13 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill Show vote
  • On 13 Oct 2015: Flick Drummond voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill. Show vote
  • On 9 Sep 2015: Flick Drummond voted against greater international efforts through the United Nations to secure the position of refugees across the Middle East and against the UK playing a full role, with others, in providing sanctuary. Show vote

Autonomy for Schools

There have been votes in Parliament on giving greater autonomy for schools, including on if more schools should be able to obtain the financial and managerial freedom from local authority control associated with "academy" status, and the degree of freedom schools ought have in relation to admissions policies.

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We don’t have enough information to calculate Flick Drummond’s position on this issue

However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

  • On 21 Feb 2022: Flick Drummond voted not to generally require publicly funded schools in England to ensure each pupil receives face-to-face careers guidance and two weeks’ worth of compulsory work experience. Show vote

Welfare Benefit Levels

Welfare benefits are payments, including tax credits, which the Government makes to those on who are on low incomes or who meet certain criteria. There have been votes in Parliament on the level of these payments and if they should increase at least in line with prices.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices

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Major votes

Central Government Funding for Local Councils

There have been votes in Parliament on the level of funding for local councils.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for reducing central government funding of local government

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Major votes

  • On 22 Feb 2017: Flick Drummond voted to set the main central government grant to local government for 2017-18 at a level 44% lower than it was set for 2016-17. Show vote
  • On 10 Feb 2016: Flick Drummond voted to set the main central government grant to local government for 2016-17 at a level 24.6% lower than it was set for 2015-16. Show vote

Minor votes

Taxation of Banks

There have been votes in Parliament on taxation of banks. The "banking levy" is one such tax: it is charged annually based on the amount a bank holds in assets,.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted against higher taxes on banks

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Major votes

An Elected House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the UK Parliament. There have been votes on moving away from a position where members of the House of Lords are either appointed or have inherited their seats to a system where members are elected.

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We don’t have enough information to calculate Flick Drummond’s position on this issue

However, Flick Drummond has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Minor votes

Academy Schools

Schools with "Academy Status" are given financial independence and freedom from local authority control. Votes have also been held on what requirements ought be made of Academy Schools in relation to admissions, exclusions and personal, social and health education.

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Flick Drummond consistently voted for academy schools

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 25 May 2016: Flick Drummond voted not to take the opportunity to oppose good or outstanding schools being forced to become an academy and not to take the opportunity to oppose further increases in university tuition fees. Show vote
  • On 13 Apr 2016: Flick Drummond voted in favour of turning all primary and secondary schools in England to become academies, shifting control over them from local councils to central government. Show vote

Deprivation of Citizenship

There have been votes in Parliament on if there should be a requirement to give an individual notice of intent to remove their citizenship, and on if removal of citizenship should be permitted if it would leave a person stateless.

Flick Drummond consistently voted for making it easier to remove someone's British citizenship

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Major votes

  • On 20 Apr 2022: Flick Drummond voted to make a new law allowing people to be deprived of their citizenship without notice retrospective, so existing orders depriving people of their citizenship which are invalid due to a lack of notice become valid. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Flick Drummond voted to enable people to be deprived of their British Citizenship without contacting them and providing prior notice, should it be deemed impractical to give such notice, or contrary to the public interest to do so. Show vote
  • On 8 Dec 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote
  • On 20 Jul 2021: Flick Drummond voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry. Show vote

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